News and images from the Welsh Kite Trust about the magnificent Red Kite and other Birds of Prey in and around Wales

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

news from Pembrokeshire

The cold weather has forced kites to gather near food sources, and 120 birds could be seen in the air at once during the recent spell of icy weather. Considering that kites first returned as breeding birds to the county only 7 years ago then this is a staggering figure. Included in the flock were approx 20 wing-tagged birds, all tagged by the Welsh Kite Trust but only 7 were from Pembs nests -the others were birds born at widely scattered location across Wales and Shropshire.